| Description |
1 online resource (316 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1 Introduction; 2 Binary oppositions, logical gaps and thick descriptions; Part II: Chalcolithic cemeteries; 3 Chalcolithic cemeteries: winks, twitches and faked twitches; 4 Isolated in the landscape: single-cave cemeteries; 5 Multiple components: multiple-cave cemeteries; 6 Dark, damp and deep: karstic-cave systems; 7 Funerary structures; 8 Exceptions, outliers and misfits; 9 Structured deposition and depositional structures. |
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Part III: Contemporary cemeteries10 An archaeology of us; 11 The raw materials: from matt to lustre, from grey to colour; 12 Tombstone morphology: communal trajectories; 13 Tombstone elaboration: personal expressions; 14 Spatial patterns: between institutional policy and interpersonal spontaneity; 15 Intersecting discourses; Part IV: Conclusion; 16 Prioritizing death and society; 17 Epilogue; Appendix: Gazetteers of cemeteries; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
First published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- History.
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Death -- Social aspects. |
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Middle East. |
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History. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Middle East.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Cemeteries -- Middle East.
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Middle East.
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Cemeteries. |
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Human remains (Archaeology) |
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
9781844657513 1844657515 |
| ISBN |
9781317544326 (electronic book) |
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1317544323 (electronic book) |
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9781315728902 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1315728907 (e-book ; PDF) |
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9781317544319 |
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1317544315 |
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9781317544302 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1317544307 |
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9781844657513 |
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1844657515 |
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